Jon Manley

Tacoma

Sports Reporter at Tacoma News Tribune

Sports reporter @thenewstribune. Husband, dad. Gonzaga '13. Vandelay Industries. Fircrest raised 🌲

Articles

Vote now for The News Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Week (May 5 to 10)

3 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Jon Manley |Tyler Wicke

Gig Harbor’s Ethan Mar (17) celebrates a run during the baseball game at Sehmel Homestead Park, on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in Gig Harbor, Wash. Brian Hayes [email protected] Vote now for The News Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Week for contests played between May 5-10. Voting will remain open until noon Wednesday. The poll is located below. You can read about all of the candidates and their accomplishments below.
Vote now for The News Tribune’s Girls Athlete of the Week (May 5 to 10)

3 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Jon Manley |Tyler Wicke

Puyallup’s Mack Hardesty (1) slides in to tie the game against Emerald Ridge during the softball game at Puyallup High School, on Friday, April 18, 2025, in Puyallup, Wash. Brian Hayes [email protected] Vote now for The News Tribune’s Girls Athlete of the Week for contests played between May 5-10. Voting will remain open until noon Wednesday. The poll is located below. You can read about all of the candidates and their accomplishments below.
Vote now for The News Tribune’s Girls Athlete of the Week (May 5 to 10)

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Jon Manley |Tyler Wicke

Vote now for The News Tribune’s Girls Athlete of the Week for contests played between May 5-10. Voting will remain open until noon Wednesday. The poll is located below. You can read about all of the candidates and their accomplishments below. Note: If you are not seeing the poll at the bottom of the story, try opening the story in a different browser, such as Chrome or Safari. Votes emailed will not be counted. Want to nominate a South Sound high school athlete in the future?
Vote now for The News Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Week (May 5 to 10)

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Jon Manley |Tyler Wicke

Vote now for The News Tribune’s Boys Athlete of the Week for contests played between May 5-10. Voting will remain open until noon Wednesday. The poll is located below. You can read about all of the candidates and their accomplishments below. Note: If you are not seeing the poll at the bottom of the story, try opening the story in a different browser, such as Chrome or Safari. Votes emailed will not be counted. Want to nominate a South Sound high school athlete in the future?
‘Really impressive.’ Young Steilacoom baseball team wins first title in 20 years

6 days ago | thenewstribune.com | Jon Manley

STEILACOOM BASEBALL Courtesy For the first time in 20 years, the Steilacoom High School baseball team is the league champion. Steilacoom beat Clover Park in back-to-back games on Tuesday and Wednesday, 6-3 and 8-2, to win the 2A SPSL regular season title. It’s the program’s first league championship since the 2005 season. “We’re young, we’re way ahead of where I thought we would be,” Steilacoom coach Corey Widman said.
‘Really impressive.’ Young Steilacoom baseball team wins first title in 20 years

6 days ago | yahoo.com | Jon Manley

For the first time in 20 years, the Steilacoom High School baseball team is the league champion. Steilacoom beat Clover Park in back-to-back games on Tuesday and Wednesday, 6-3 and 8-2, to win the 2A SPSL regular season title. It’s the program’s first league championship since the 2005 season. “We’re young, we’re way ahead of where I thought we would be,” Steilacoom coach Corey Widman said.
Winners of The News Tribune’s Athlete of the Week for the month of April

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Tyler Wicke |Jon Manley

Stories by Tacoma News Tribune journalists, with AI summarizationThis list of The News Tribune's Athlete of the Week winners in April illustrates student-athletes who excelled in both baseball and softball, including by pitching shutouts, driving in multiple runs and breaking records. Athletes like Jacob Barr of Clover Park had dominant games both at the plate and pitching, while Laken Elvig of White River hit home runs and struck out many batters in one week.
From kids to 94-year-olds, everyone is playing pickleball in Tacoma

1 week ago | thenewstribune.com | Jon Manley

Pickleball is having a moment. Both nationally and here in the South Sound, the sport — which was invented in Washington — has exploded in popularity in recent years. At Parks Tacoma, (formerly known as Metro Parks), the staff is trying to keep pace with the growing appetite for the sport. “It has been an amazing, uncontrollable growth,” said Ralph Thomas, recreation supervisor at Parks Tacoma.
These South Sound softball teams could make deep postseason runs

1 week ago | theolympian.com | Jon Manley |Tyler Wicke

Will a South Sound school hoist a state softball championship trophy this May? Here’s a look at a few locals from Class 4A down to 2A that we think could make a postseason run this spring, based on how they’ve played in the regular season.
Girls flag football becomes sanctioned high school sport in Washington

1 week ago | bellinghamherald.com | Jon Manley

For the first time since 1999, the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) has sanctioned a new sport. Girls flag football is now an officially recognized high school sport in Washington, following a vote by the WIAA’s representative assembly last week. “I am incredibly thankful for the membership’s hard work throughout this amendment cycle, and the WIAA is excited to welcome a new activity to the Association,” WIAA executive director Mick Hoffman stated in a release.